One summer I worked at my college as a "terminal room assistant" (yes, it was a terminal room, not a computer lab -- this was a few years ago). We requested an air conditioner in our little "office" and were told "no". So I felt justified in wearing clothes appropriate for the temporature of the room.

It wasn't uncommon to find me sitting in shorts and nothing else with the televideo terminal and attached keyboard at the edge of the desk with my legs up on the desk to the sides of the terminal.

Since then I usually wear long pants (usually jeans) and a shirt (sometimes a T-shirt), both in good repair. Socks are very optional and shoes are somewhat optional.

For a couple of years one small company tried to get us to make a good impression on customers so I had to buy a bunch of dress shirts and ties. I still have the ties that I don't even bother to wear to job interviews anymore.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to RE: RE: What do you wear to work? by tye
in thread What do you wear to work? by jcwren

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